The Office of the Ombudsman has filed before the Sandiganbayan charges of graft and malversation against former Mayor Emiliana Kare of Malinao, Albay; Hector Sales, then regional executive director of the Department of Agriculture–Region V; and two others in connection with allegedly anomalous procurement of fertilizer in 2004.

Also charged were then-acting Municipal Accountant Rosemarie Cea-Capus and Municipal Treasurer Leonora Capus for two counts of violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.

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